21st Little Britain Challenge Cup most successful event yet
by LBCC 14 Sep 2008 15:40 BST
11-14 September 2008
Racing in the 21st Little Britain Challenge Cup © LBCC
This year’s Little Britain Challenge Cup has been the most successful event since the yachting regatta’s inception in 1988! More competitors than ever before attended the 21st anniversary event, with a total of 249 boats and over 3,000 people attending. A substantial sum for charity was raised at this year’s regatta, taking the overall amount raised since the event began to well over £1 million.
MITIE was announced as the overall winner of the 21st Little Britain Challenge Cup as well as the First Overall Cruising Yacht. For the full list of results please go to the results section of www.littlebritain.co.uk
The Little Britain Challenge Cup is the largest annual construction industry yachting regatta in Europe consisting of five races over four days with one on Thursday and two on Friday and Saturday. This year, a new class was introduced for J/109s to replace the Sigma 38.
Speaking of this year’s competition, Race Director Andrew Dellow says:
“We had a full range of conditions at this year’s regatta which was a real test of skills over the four day event. As ever, team spirit and stamina carried the competitors through the most testing times!”
Speaking of this year’s event, Chairman Sarah Ashworth says:
“An enormous amount of work goes into making Little Britain a success so it’s fantastic that our 21st anniversary event has been our most successful yet. With 249 boats racing in this year’s regatta, we’ve come a long way from the first event in 1988 which involved just three boats!
“I would like to say a huge thank you to all our sponsors and entrants who helped to make this event such a success - we can’t wait to see you all again at the 22nd Little Britain Challenge Cup!”